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James V. Brown Library adds Comics Plus to its online resources

The Lycoming County Library System recently added a new online platform for readers of comics, graphic novels and manga called Comics Plus. Comics Plus, powered by LibraryPass, is a digital platform offering thousands of digital comics, graphic novels and manga to readers using a smartphone, ...

Taber Museum to host author for June Society Program

The Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society will hold its monthly Society Program at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 18 in the Community Room. The lecture, sponsored by Van Campen Motors, is free and open to the public. Cynthia G. Neale, author of the recently-published ...

Taber Museum’s History Day Camp to explore late ‘40s to ‘70s

The Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society will be hosting its annual History Day Camp during the week July 24 to 28, from 9 a.m. to noon each day. The camp, which will explore the late 1940s through the 1970s, is for children age 8-12. A whole host of activities will ...

Pet parade, road run in store for 81st annual Laurel Festival

The 81st Pennsylvania State Laurel Festival, running from June 10 to 18, is playing host to a variety of events. A returning favorite, the Pet Parade, is set for 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 11, according to a press release. Children ages 12 and under, who have the cutest, best-dressed, ...

Volunteer celebrates 50th year with Laurel Festival’s Pet Parade

This year, Verla Bryant, of Wellsboro, is marking her 50th year of involvement with the Laurel Festival Pet Parade, one year as co-chair and 49 years as chair. “In 1974, I was a senior in high school, and Jack Rymell was looking for someone to take his place as Pet Parade chairman. He ...